A: Well, that’s the only thing I do. That’s one thing I have to do before every game, or I won’t feel energy, and I’ll just feel slow. When I do I just feel light on my feet and everything, and I feel faster, so that’s what I do.

Q: You know I’m going to write this in a story right?

A: Well, I mean, that’s what it is. I doodoo and then listen to Katy Perry.

Here’s hoping he’s constipated in Jacksonville. I’ll root for regularity the rest of the season.

I suppose you could call this a case of art imitating life: a Rivals recruiting analyst accused a former Rivals site (and now Rivals competitor) of overrating some of Alabama’s recent recruits and pressuring for higher and unwarranted ratings. Much hilarity ensued, evidently.

If you like analogies, here’s one for you: a Georgia player getting a four-game suspension for selling a jersey for $1,000 to an agent’s runner is like _____________ for several Ohio State players selling/trading dozens of items of Ohio State paraphernalia worth many thousands of dollars to an individual under federal investigation for drug trafficking.

The more I see this stuff, the more offended I am by Ohio State having played in the Sugar Bowl. And the more I wonder what the NCAA intends to do with Tressel and his employer.

In a world in which legislators and government regulators jump into the private sector to become lobbyists and prosecuting attorneys switch sides to represent private parties as defense counsel, many of whom routinely find plenty of deep pockets who are happy to spend money to retain advocates with that sort of invaluable access to the system, it’s more than a little amusing to read Gregg Doyel’s sense of dismay that the same model has come to the world of NCAA enforcement.

Quote Of The Day

“He had some good pointers,” Smart said about Saban’s advice on dealing with the quarterback battle. “But I’ll keep that between he and I. I’m always looking for good advice especially dealing with the quarterback situation.” — Dawgs247, 5/16/18